Equity release advice may be causing ‘significant harm’: Regulator warns some customers are rushed through without the proper checks The results of an FCA review of equity release advice firms found ‘significant areas of concern’ in the way some were selling equity release Many advisers were told they are not doing enough to ensure customers … Read more
Private schools plan to ignore Government advice and open in the new academic year ‘come what may’ Private schools plan to defy official advice and open at the new academic year Some fee-paying schools are organising their own track and trace systems One governor at a leading private school said headteachers are ‘furious’ with the … Read more
More than a third of ‘clinically vulnerable’ people ordered to shield themselves by the Government admit they did not follow the rules to the letter. Data from the Official for National Statistics show more than a million people most at risk of dying of Covid-19 left their homes or had visitors during Britain’s crisis. The … Read more
Lack of safety advice threatens staycation plans as holiday park owners have to pause or cancel all bookings Caravan, camping and holiday parks planned to reopen in the first week of July But owners have been given no safety advice and warn it will hit families’ plans A growing number of campsites have had to pause … Read more
Coronavirus crisis rebuilds Britain’s trust in expert opinion: Study shows 70 per cent of people are more likely to listen to specialist advice now than before the pandemic Michael Gove notably claimed that Britain had ‘had enough of experts’ in 2016 A survey last year also found that only 40 per cent trust expert advice the … Read more
An Oxford-educated museum curator is being investigated by police after she tweeted expert advice on how to dissolve bronze statues using corrosive chemicals in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests. Privately schooled Madeline Odent, curator of Royston Museum in Hertfordshire, sent a series of tweets last night to her 5,164 followers, which were … Read more
An Oxford-educated museum curator has provoked outrage by sharing expert advice on how to dissolve bronze statues using corrosive chemicals in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests. Madeline Odent, curator of Royston Museum in Hertfordshire, sent a series of tweets last night to her 5,164 followers, which were then shared thousands of times. … Read more
Travellers have ignored police advice and arrived at the site of Appleby horse fair even though Europe’s biggest gathering of gipsies has been cancelled this year due to coronavirus. Appleby Horse Fair was cancelled for just the second time in its 250 year history because of the coronavirus pandemic. Police and gipsy leaders urged people … Read more
Unscrupulous advertisers are mimicking the names of legitimate debt charities, research has revealed, raising fears that vulnerable people looking for help are at risk of bad advice. Since the start of April, nine companies purporting to offer debt advice have been placed on the Financial Conduct Authority’s blacklist of unauthorised firms, according to exclusive analysis … Read more
People who fear they were badly advised to abandon a valuable final salary pension are being told by City watchdogs to check if they have grounds for a formal complaint. A new ‘advice checker’ sets out the correct process to be followed during pension transfers, and explains how to complain and take your case to … Read more